.Dd February 23, 2023
.Dt PING 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm ping
.Nd internet control message protocol echo
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl 46
.Ar host
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
tests connectivity to the remote
.Ar host
by sending an Internet Control Message Protocol
.Xr ( icmp 4 )
ECHO
message and measures how quickly it responds to the ping and how many packets
are lost.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width "12345678"
.It Fl 4
Ping using the Internet Prototocol version 4
.Xr ( ip 4 ) .
.It Fl 6
Ping using the Internet Prototocol version 6
.Xr ( ip6 4 ) .
.El
.Sh EXIT STATUS
.Nm
runs until terminated or it exits non-zero upon a fatal error.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr icmp 4 ,
.Xr ip 4 ,
.Xr ip6 4 ,
.Xr ping 4 ,
.Xr ifconfig 8
.Sh BUGS
IPv6 is not yet implemented in the kernel.